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Date:      Tue, 10 Oct 2000 11:52:48 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
Cc:        Eoin Lawless <eoin@maths.tcd.ie>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: dual console with matrox g400
Message-ID:  <20001010115248.C87663@wantadilla.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <39E0A436.91C3466A@softweyr.com>; from wes@softweyr.com on Sun, Oct 08, 2000 at 10:43:34AM -0600
References:  <200010081432.aa20470@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> <39E0A436.91C3466A@softweyr.com>

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On Sunday,  8 October 2000 at 10:43:34 -0600, Wes Peters wrote:
> Eoin Lawless wrote:
>>
>> I've just got a dual head system with a matrox g400 working. However,
>> what I would really like to have is a dual console system - so that
>> two people could use it simultaneously. Has anyone tried that, or
>> know if it is possible?
>
> Maybe it would be possible to kludge something together using PS/2 mouse
> and keyboard for one and USB mouse and keyboard for the other.  I don't
> think there is anything available "out of the box" for this, though.

Well, you obviously need two keyboards and two mice.  I can't think of
a case where that would be useful, but with x2x (in the Ports
collection) you can allow different people access to the same server.

Greg
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